Entire Marc Jacobs Spring Collection Stolen On Its Way From Paris

by Justin Fenner | 5:24 pm, November 16th, 2011

Well, this is embarrassing. At some point between leaving Paris and heading to various exotic locales to be shown off to fashion people the world over, the entirety of Marc Jacobs‘ spring collection was stolen.

Yes, stolen. The Daily Telegraph reports that the collection were snatched up by some fashion-napper before they could get to wherever they were intended to be — and when you consider that there were 46 looks (not individual pieces, but looks) in this collection, you can’t help but be impressed with the Grand Theft Fashion of it all. The company broke the news to breathless fashionistas waiting to see the collection thusly:

Dear all,

The Marc Jacobs PR team is sorry to inform you that our press day tomorrow in the Marc Jacobs store is cancelled, due to the theft of the spring/summer 2012 collections during its transfer from Paris.

So how could something like this happen? Unless there’s a rogue fashion lover out there who has the resources to hire, say, a team of hitmen who could derail the transport of a literal truckload of fashion goodies, we have to believe someone on the inside had to help with all the pilfering. After all, the samples haven’t gone into production yet, so the clothes are one of a kind and extremely valuable — and as a result, it’s not like whoever stole these clothes can wear them in public without drawing a lot of attention to themselves.

No word yet on how the company plans to proceed from here, but we’re hoping they hunt down whoever stole the collection like the thieving animals they are. Meanwhile, somewhere in the world, someone looks ultra fabulous.

[The Telegraph]

Grand Theft Fashion Marc Jacobs Samples

Fanakar

Wow, definitely an inside job. I have a theory. Someone working for the Marc Jacobs company in Paris obviously knew when the shipment would go out and got in the right position to intercept the goods and take them to an off site location. They are not intending to sell the clothes as few people would be able to where them. No, they are intending to counterfeit the designs and logo to exacting standards and then infiltrate high end department stores and boutiques with the counterfeit goods and reap the profits. Also the goods will appear on eBay and other online stores promising deep discounts. The advantage that they have now is that they will be able to put their counterfeit line in production before the real one is put out and they will be able to sell the goods at the height of their popularity and have a greater window of time to make a profit from them when they are most valuable. If all the other buyers at department stores fall through, they can unload the fake gear at big discount chains like Ross and Burlington Coat factory who have been known to sell counterfeit goods in the past.
amarie

Well, damn. Are you the culprit? lol

Entire Marc Jacobs Spring Collection Stolen On Its Way From Paris

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